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Paragraph 3

Energy industry

(a)

industrial installations for the production of electricity, steam and hot water (projects not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

(b)

industrial installations for carrying gas, steam and hot water; transmission of electrical energy by overhead cables (projects not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

(c)

surface storage of natural gas;

(d)

underground storage of combustible gases;

(e)

surface storage of fossil fuels;

(f)

industrial briquetting of coal and lignite;

(g)

installations for the processing and storage of radioactive waste (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

(h)

installations for hydroelectric energy production;

(i)

installations for the harnessing of wind power for energy production (wind farms);

(j)

installations for the capture of CO2 streams for the purposes of geological storage F1(pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 and any law that implemented Directive 2009/31/EC) from installations not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(j) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)